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<div id="blog_date">Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:9 pm</div>
<div id="blog_categories">Posted in:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href = "/index.cfm?c=blog&a=category&cid=18">coldfusion</a>&nbsp;<a href = "/index.cfm?c=blog&a=category&cid=1">general</a>&nbsp;<a href = "/index.cfm?c=blog&a=category&cid=19">jquery</a>&nbsp;</div>

<div id="blog_entry"><p>For the past month I have been working on some new base code for a cms of sorts.&nbsp; I wanted something simple that my clients could use and that I could easily add on to and modify.&nbsp; I've been getting a lot of custom work lately and since I'm building application in Coldfusion I figured I'd create a basic application with all the general features every client will probably need.</p>
<p>I know there are several frameworks available to develop on top of, but I needed something simple and fast that I could easily add on to without the need of going through a learning curve-- I really don't care for the complexities of some of the frameworks as it is not necessary in CF to get over complex with your code to make it work.&nbsp; So I came up with this.</p>
<p>I'm sure now everyone will approve of my methodologies, but I don't care.&nbsp; I'm using it for my own projects, for my clients, and I plan to make this an open source beta soon.&nbsp;&nbsp; This base code will be the ground work for the new CF Shopkart I'm working on this year.</p>
<p>The front end is actually this website.&nbsp; I have created a simple blog that uses sharethis and disqus.&nbsp; There is no built-in comment moderation yet, but I plan to add that.</p>
<p>A few highlights:</p>
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<li>Jquery and jquery.ui integrated</li>
<li>CSS with capacity to have multiple layouts</li>
<li>Can be added on to without needing to edit any of the base code</li>
<li>Fast and simple layout (no big learning curve to go through)</li>
<li>Flexable:&nbsp; Create new components in their own folders and code almost any way you want.</li>
<li>Uess TinyMCE (as jquery plugin)</li>
<li>Search engine friendly design.&nbsp; All pages and blog posts are called directly and not through the index file unlike some frameworks.</li>
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<p>Here is are some screen shots of the control panel:</p>
<p><img style="border: 2px solid black;" src="/images/preview1.png" height="270" width="600" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Simple control panel design using css and open source icons.&nbsp; Designed to also be tablet friendly.</span></strong></p>
<p><img style="border: 2px solid black;" src="/images/preview2.png" height="373" width="600" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Built in file manager that lets you give access to only certain folders so your clients can manage their website</span></strong></p>
<p><img style="border: 2px solid black;" src="/images/preview4.png" height="345" width="600" /></p>
<p>Image library lets your clients easily upload multiple images for use in TinyMCE.</p>
<p><img style="border: 2px solid black;" src="/images/preview3.png" height="357" width="600" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Built in image editor lets your clients resize, crop, lighten, darken, and apply a few basic effects.</span></strong></p>
<p><img style="border: 2px solid black;" src="/images/preview5.png" height="301" width="600" /></p>
<p>Page editor makes it easy for your client to find and edit pages on their website, and even change the meta tags for each page.</p>
<p>So there you have it...that is what I have been working on lately besides all my regular work.&nbsp; I begin updating and testing with clients this week who are already running the alpha version of this code.&nbsp; If I don't find a lot of bugs in the tests this week, the beta release will be available for download to the public within a week from today.</p></div>
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